Tule, surma, suota myöten
In the SKVR edition: Joutseno. Alava, V. n. 875. --1890. Nyrkkölä l. Parjala. Anni Marttinen, 10 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tule, surma, suota myöten,Come, Death, along the swamp,
2Käräjärven jäätä myöten,Along Käräjärvi's ice,
3Tuo kurikka tullessais,Bring the kurikka as you come,
4Tapa likka, tapa lapsi,Kill the girl, kill the child,
5Lyö kurikalla kumpaistakkii!Strike both with the kurikka!
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:
- The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
Source
Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-029227 · Read at SKS ↗
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